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Legislation would lead to higher premiums, shelby. go to you in a second. frank thorpe is joining us also by phone. capitol hill producer, keeping a whip count. >> third vote effectively kills the graham/cassidy proposal. all three of these republicans vote against, lose the votes they need to pass it. basically expected. susan collins had been telegraphing idea she would be voting no for days now, even at end of last week but waiting for cbo score, from the congressional budget office about the budgetary effects of the bill. now the question is whether or not they vote at all. decision that l...

Month ago, that's because it's exactly the case. in fact, you could probably you find one of those and hit play and we would be in the same spot. we're in a razor thin margin -- >> so fun for you to do it again. >> exactly. we're essentially at a razor thin margin here of republicans trying to push through another health care reform bill. this one slightly different than the one that they presented about two months ago, but again, essentially it's the same group of players that we're keeping an eye on. right now, our whip count is pretty fluid. a whole bunch of senators who remain in the undec...

Getting other budget passed because that sets the whole process into the process of doing the tax reform. there are a lot of moving parts there on what could be put together, obviously there are a lot of things that are coming at us right now that we have to determine, whether it's the cr or daca or flood insurance issues and fema. there's an opportunity perhaps to put some of these together together for me to get the budget passed because that is the vehicle for many of these things to happen. >> what is the likelihood you get the budget resolution passed to set up the tax bill discussions by...

I know what i'm committed to working towards. i've seen a lot of republicans even on cnn saying they're committed as well. i think if you do a whip count and see the numbers it's there. >> there are others that are not, but most we've spoken to are on board. let me ask you this. if the president makes it contingent on funding for his border wall, would you vote for it? do you think they should be tied? >> well i don't think they should be tied. they've separate issues but i support border security. i don't think it necessarily has to be a wall. i've worked the water with the national guard. th...

Could escalate into a fully fledged trade war. so, no, there is not a lot of close collaboration at this point. the symbolism of what it looks like -- remember the handshake the first time they met, macron grabbing his arm and making a show of it. i think that will be interesting. i think both of these leaders look like they want to, at least, outwardly show that, look, we can get off on a better foot. we can work together on things because it is an important relationship. but in terms of where that comes it's hard to see at this point. >> eli stokels and sarah westwood. striking picture, the ...